40.Rxh3! A correct decision. White exchanges the opponent's active rook.
[40.Ng3? Qd7 41.Nf5? Rxf5 42.exf5 Qxf5 43.Rxh3 gxh3 44.f3 e4!=/+]
40...gxh3 41.Nh2 Qd7 42.Qg4! White intends to exchange the queens and enters a superior endgame
42...Qxg4 43.Nxg4 Nd8 44.Rh1 Kg8 45.Rxh3 Kf7 46.Ke2 Ke7 47.Bd2 [△Ne3]
47...Rf4? A mistake. Black won't have enough compensation for the exchange. It would have better to just wait and see!
[47...Kd7 48.Ne3 Nf7 49.Rg3 Bf6 50.Nf5 Kc7 51.Kf3±]
48.Bxf4 exf4 49.e5! An excellent pawn sacrifice to block the enemy bishop and clear a path for his own king to penetrate into black's camp.
49...dxe5 50.Kd3 Nf7 51.Rh1+– Bh8 52.Re1 Bg7 53.f3 Kd7 54.Nf2 Nd6 55.Ne4 Nf5 56.Rg1 Ne7 57.Nxg5! hxg5 58.Rxg5 Bf6 59.Rg4 Nf5 60.h6 Nd6 61.h7 e4+ 62.fxe4 Nf7 63.Rxf4 Ne5+ 64.Ke2 Bg7 65.Rf8 1–0
[40.Ng3? Qd7 41.Nf5? Rxf5 42.exf5 Qxf5 43.Rxh3 gxh3 44.f3 e4!=/+]
40...gxh3 41.Nh2 Qd7 42.Qg4! White intends to exchange the queens and enters a superior endgame
42...Qxg4 43.Nxg4 Nd8 44.Rh1 Kg8 45.Rxh3 Kf7 46.Ke2 Ke7 47.Bd2 [△Ne3]
47...Rf4? A mistake. Black won't have enough compensation for the exchange. It would have better to just wait and see!
[47...Kd7 48.Ne3 Nf7 49.Rg3 Bf6 50.Nf5 Kc7 51.Kf3±]
48.Bxf4 exf4 49.e5! An excellent pawn sacrifice to block the enemy bishop and clear a path for his own king to penetrate into black's camp.
49...dxe5 50.Kd3 Nf7 51.Rh1+– Bh8 52.Re1 Bg7 53.f3 Kd7 54.Nf2 Nd6 55.Ne4 Nf5 56.Rg1 Ne7 57.Nxg5! hxg5 58.Rxg5 Bf6 59.Rg4 Nf5 60.h6 Nd6 61.h7 e4+ 62.fxe4 Nf7 63.Rxf4 Ne5+ 64.Ke2 Bg7 65.Rf8 1–0
Anna Muzychuk : I knock-out tournaments usually I am preparing for the first round and also since there are two possible opponents for the second round I also prepare for them as well.
18-year-old Iranian Mobina Alinasab beat Elisabeth Paehtz in the biggest upset of Day 1 of the WWCC2018, but favourites Olga Girya, Alina Kashlinskaya, Ni Shiqun & Lela Javakhishvili also lost & must win tomorrow to stay in the event!
The 2018 Shenzhen Chess Masters starts tomorrow in China and features Ding Liren, Anish Giri, MVL, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Nikita Vitiugov, and Yu Yangyi.